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In 1870 New London, children clean their teeth by dipping into shared porcelain jars, until a dentist’s son, Lucius Sheffield, grows disgusted and experiments with alternatives. Studying dentistry in Paris, he witnesses paint squeezed from tubes and returns with a bold question: why not toothpaste the same way?","How Does the Toothpaste Get into the Tube?  \nAuthor: Veena Prasad  \nIllustrator: Rajiv Eipe  \nEnglish Story Book  \nHow Does the Toothpaste Get into the Tube?  \nAuthor: Veena Prasad  \nIllustrator: Rajiv Eipe  \nEnglish  \nHow Does the Toothpaste Get into the Tube?  \nAuthor: Veena Prasad  \nIllustrator: Rajiv Eipe  \nCopyright © 2015, Pratham Books  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nThe year was 1870. New London, Connecticut, United States. 7 am .  \nKids were tumbling out of bed, their mothers hurrying them to clean their teeth, handing them tooth sticks and jars of toothpaste.  \nWhat? Did I just say – “Toothsticks”?  \nThat’s right.  \nThey used toothsticks to clean their teeth back in 1870. A toothstick was simply a twig with a frayed end.  \nSome lucky kids had twigs with boar hair tied to one end for that extra shine.  \nAnd what was that other thing I said?“Jars of toothpaste”?  \nThat’s right. Toothpaste tubes were not invented yet. They only had jars.  \nAnd every bleary eyed kid started her day by dipping a toothstick into a porcelain jar filled with toothpaste.  \nActually, into the same porcelain jar that every other member of the family dipped their toothstick into.  \nIncluding that visiting grand aunt with yellow and black teeth, whose toothstick matched her teeth.  \nOne morning, a disgusted cry went up in a dentist’s house .“Ewwwwwwwwww!”  \nIt was Dr . Sheffield’s son Lucius, who refused to dip into the jar anymore and decided to use tooth powder henceforth. But a thought remained in his mind – there must be a better way to use toothpaste.  \nA few years later, Lucius went to Paris to study the science of dentistry. There, he saw artists squeezing paint from metal tubes on to their paintbrushes. Why couldn't the same type of tube be used to hold toothpaste?!  \nHe rushed back home and shared this idea with his father, who thought that it was just totally awesome .","cbCaien6RLyqyrlI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaien6RLyqyrlI","pdf",28534098,2,19,"English","en",105,"# How Toothpaste Was Used in 1870\n## Toothsticks and Shared Jars\n# Lucius Sheffield’s Question\n## Learning Dentistry in Paris\n## Bringing the Tube Idea Home","[{\"question\":\"How did kids clean their teeth in 1870?\",\"answer\":\"Kids used toothsticks—twigs with frayed ends—and dipped them into porcelain jars of toothpaste.\"},{\"question\":\"Why did Lucius refuse to use the toothpaste jar?\",\"answer\":\"He was disgusted by dipping into the shared jar, especially when it involved different family members.\"},{\"question\":\"What inspired Lucius to think of toothpaste tubes?\",\"answer\":\"In Paris, he saw artists squeezing paint from metal tubes onto brushes and wondered why toothpaste couldn’t be stored and squeezed the same way.\"}]","How Does the Toothpaste Get into the Tube? - A Story of 19th-Century Dental Ideas | PDF",1784286383,29,{"code":4,"msg":31,"data":32},"ok",{"site_id":24,"language":23,"slug":33,"title":13,"keywords":34,"description":14,"schema_data":35,"social_meta":86,"head_meta":88,"extra_data":90,"updated_unix":28},"how-does-the-toothpaste-get-into-the-tube-a-story-of-19th-century-dental-ideas","",{"@graph":36,"@context":85},[37,53,68],{"@type":38,"itemListElement":39},"BreadcrumbList",[40,44,47,50],{"item":41,"name":42,"@type":43,"position":11},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":45,"name":46,"@type":43,"position":20},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",{"item":48,"name":12,"@type":43,"position":49},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/story-novel/",3,{"item":51,"name":13,"@type":43,"position":52},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/how-does-the-toothpaste-get-into-the-tube-a-story-of-19th-century-dental-ideas/89634/",4,{"url":51,"name":13,"@type":54,"author":55,"headline":13,"publisher":57,"fileFormat":60,"inLanguage":23,"description":14,"dateModified":61,"datePublished":62,"encodingFormat":60,"isAccessibleForFree":63,"interactionStatistic":64},"DigitalDocument",{"name":9,"@type":56},"Person",{"url":41,"name":58,"@type":59},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-07-29","2026-07-17",true,{"@type":65,"interactionType":66,"userInteractionCount":20},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":67},"ViewAction",{"@type":69,"mainEntity":70},"FAQPage",[71,77,81],{"name":72,"@type":73,"acceptedAnswer":74},"How did kids clean their teeth in 1870?","Question",{"text":75,"@type":76},"Kids used toothsticks—twigs with frayed ends—and dipped them into porcelain jars of toothpaste.","Answer",{"name":78,"@type":73,"acceptedAnswer":79},"Why did Lucius refuse to use the toothpaste jar?",{"text":80,"@type":76},"He was disgusted by dipping into the shared jar, especially when it involved different family members.",{"name":82,"@type":73,"acceptedAnswer":83},"What inspired Lucius to think of toothpaste tubes?",{"text":84,"@type":76},"In Paris, he saw artists squeezing paint from metal tubes onto brushes and wondered why toothpaste couldn’t be stored and squeezed the same way.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":51,"og:type":87,"og:title":13,"og:site_name":58,"og:description":14},"article",{"robots":89,"canonical":51},"index,follow",{"doc_id":7,"site_id":24},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":92},[93,96,100,104,109,114,119,124,129,132,136],{"id":11,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":12,"show_sort_weight":94,"slug":95},90,"story-novel",{"id":20,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":97,"show_sort_weight":98,"slug":99},"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":101,"show_sort_weight":102,"slug":103},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":105,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":106,"show_sort_weight":107,"slug":108},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":110,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":111,"show_sort_weight":112,"slug":113},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":115,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":116,"show_sort_weight":117,"slug":118},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":120,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":121,"show_sort_weight":122,"slug":123},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":125,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":126,"show_sort_weight":127,"slug":128},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":127,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":130,"show_sort_weight":127,"slug":131},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":133,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":134,"show_sort_weight":133,"slug":135},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":21,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":137,"show_sort_weight":105,"slug":138},"General","general"]